Top 100 Daily Newspapers in the U.S. by Circulation 2006
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Top 100 Daily Newspapers in the U.S. by Circulation 2006 Rank Newspaper Daily Sunday Rank Newspaper Daily Sunday 1 USA Today 2,272,815 N/A 51 Saint Paul Pioneer Press 191,136 251,565 2 The Wall Street Journal 2,049,786 N/A 52 The Virginian-Pilot—Norfolk, VA 189,199 225,730 3 The New York Times 1,142,464 1,683,855 53 Omaha World-Herald 188,866 231,115 4 Los Angeles Times 851,832 1,231,318 54 The Buffalo News 188,514 273,177 5 Washington Post 724,242 960,684 55 Las Vegas Review-Journal 187,881 219,228 6 The Daily News—New York, NY 708,477 795,153 56 Richmond Times-Dispatch 186,296 219,595 7 New York Post 673,379 413,763 57 The Press-Enterprise—Riverside, CA 185,053 185,099 8 Chicago Tribune 579,079 957,212 58 The Hartford Courant 184,254 272,918 9 Houston Chronicle 513,387 692,557 59 Austin American-Statesman 183,952 228,619 10 Dallas Morning News 480,484 649,709 60 The Palm Beach (FL) Post 181,132 211,697 11 The Arizona Republic—Phoenix, AZ 438,722 556,465 61 Arkansas Democrat-Gazette—Little Rock, AR 180,661 275,991 12 Newsday—Melville, NY 427,771 488,825 62 The Record—Hackensack, NJ 179,634 205,084 13 The Star-Ledger—Newark, NJ 398,329 599,628 63 Contra Costa (CA) Times 178,911 190,613 14 San Francisco Chronicle 398,246 451,504 64 The News & Observer—Raleigh, NC 178,210 213,878 15 San Francisco Examiner 398,246 451,504 65 The Tennessean—Nashville, TN 172,935 236,563 16 The Boston Globe 397,288 604,068 66 The Fresno Bee 162,420 183,744 17 Chicago Sun-Times 368,062 324,074 67 The Commercial Appeal—Memphis, TN 161,956 216,705 18 The Atlanta Journal-Constitution 365,011 561,405 68 Democrat and Chronicle—Rochester, NY 160,290 219,660 19 Star Tribune—Minneapolis, MN 362,964 606,698 69 The Florida Times-Union 158,802 222,392 20 Philadelphia Inquirer 350,457 705,965 70 Daily News—Woodland Hills, CA 157,020 187,740 21 Detroit Free Press1 345,861 669,315 71 The Providence Journal 153,150 218,388 22 The Plain Dealer—Cleveland, OH 343,163 450,875 72 The Des Moines Register 151,336 240,912 23 St. Petersburg Times 323,031 422,410 73 Daily Herald—Arlington Heights, IL 151,112 149,371 24 The Oregonian—Portland, OR 323,017 384,729 74 The Birmingham News 150,174 180,451 25 The San Diego Union-Tribune 317,217 408,392 75 Asbury Park Press—Neptune, NJ 149,289 199,723 26 The Orange County (CA) Register 299,824 354,632 76 The Honolulu Advertiser 143,020 158,021 27 The Miami Herald 294,172 390,171 77 Tulsa World 138,262 189,789 28 The Sacramento Bee 293,189 330,993 78 Financial Times—US Edition 137,845 N/A 29 St. Louis Post-Dispatch 277,842 423,291 79 The Grand Rapids Press 134,426 182,810 30 The Kansas City Star 261,776 367,712 80 Seattle Post-Intelligencer1 131,769 435,581 31 The Denver Post1 255,452 704,806 81 The Salt Lake Tribune 131,711 151,422 32 Rocky Mountain News1—Denver, CO 255,427 704,806 82 Journal News—Rockland County 130,000 147,000 33 The Indianapolis Star 255,277 347,217 83 The Blade—Toledo, OH 129,291 167,686 34 South Florida Sun-Sentinel—Ft. Lauderdale, FL 248,124 339,728 84 The Journal News—White Plains, NY 128,713 144,231 35 San Jose Mercury News 242,865 263,373 85 The Akron Beacon Journal 128,442 170,870 36 San Antonio Express-News 238,149 342,709 86 Dayton Daily News 128,192 168,645 37 Tampa Tribune 236,376 309,916 87 The News Tribune—Tacoma, WA 125,228 137,730 38 The Sun-Baltimore, MD 236,317 401,918 88 La Opinion—Los Angeles, CA 123,447 62,972 39 Milwaukee Journal Sentinel 235,704 405,355 89 The Knoxville News-Sentinel 119,969 152,945 40 The Columbus Dispatch 231,881 352,510 90 Sarasota Herald-Tribune 119,249 138,675 41 The Orlando Sentinel 229,368 341,025 91 Philadelphia Daily News 116,590 N/A 42 The Boston Herald 227,583 122,712 92 The News Journal—New Castle, DE 116,416 134,865 43 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 222,927 373,980 93 Post-Standard—Syracuse, NY 116,193 168,393 44 The Seattle Times1 220,734 435,581 94 The Arizona Daily Star—Tucson, AZ 116,038 173,064 45 Fort Worth Star-Telegram 218,916 322,824 95 Lexington (KY) Herald-Leader 114,135 141,019 46 The Charlotte Observer 218,009 274,125 96 The State—Columbia, SC 113,222 140,362 47 The Courier-Journal—Louisville, KY 217,814 271,920 97 Morning Call—Allentown, PA 110,720 150,936 48 The Oklahoman—Oklahoma City, OK 215,102 287,505 98 The Daytona Beach News-Journal 108,069 125,754 49 The Detroit News1 214,934 669,315 99 Albuquerque Journal 107,555 149,455 50 The Cincinnati Enquirer 201,979 293,151 100 East Valley Tribune—Mesa, AZ 102,406 86,507 BurrellesLuce reads all daily and Sunday newspapers in the U.S. The proof is in the clipping. This list of U.S. publications with paid circulations was researched by eNR Services, Inc. and compiled by BurrellesLuce 800.631.1160 BurrellesLuce from circulation figures filed with the Audit Bureau of Circulations (where available) for the six [email protected] months ending on March 31, 2006. In some cases, Sunday newspapers have different names. 1Saturday and www.BurrellesLuce.com Sunday newspapers are combined: Detroit News and Detroit Free-Press; Denver Post and Rocky Mountain News; Seattle Times and Seattle Post-Intelligencer. Copyright 2006, BurrellesLuce..